crazydac

I share your disappointment... When I started with a good DAC - a Weiss DAC2 - my first impressions were horrible! Then I understood that there were some points to take in account. First: the play software - I tried a few before setling with J. River 15. Second: the driver - I tried Asio4all but then found out that KS was much cleaner and uninstalled the Asio4all. Third: try to install the drivers that are supplied by your DAC manufacturer. I was absolutely astonished how my PC turned to be a very pleasant and hi quality music player after I did all the above simple tunning. Just do not giveup! My Firewire card is the cheapest of the store and is working very fine! Still today I have no idea whether it is or not "the" supposed to be TI chip! Good luck!

I have now built a second system for my office with a cheaper DAC – a Musical Fidelity M1 (450 euros) – and a hiFace EVO USB S/PDIF converter (370 euros). I am using it with J. River 15 in a normal working PC. I already had an amplifier - a Primaluna Prologue One - and small monitor speakers Proac Tablette Reference Eight Signature, where I used to listen to CD’s. The total – DAC + converter – was about 850 euro including shipping, and can only say that the result is spectacular! I have another system at home, with a very expensive firewire DAC, higher level amplifier and Martin Logan Vantage hybrid speakers, and must admit that the difference in sound between both systems does not justify the price difference…

Just been able to have my setup working with an extraordinary sound: J River 15, working in KS, 24b, 192K upsampling,to the Weiss DAC2. No longer using the Asio4all and it is much better now! Great sound with a lot of stage, detail, deep and sweet. Voice is incredibly clean and present, tried a download from the Society of Sound HI Res musics 24b FLAC from Juliana Raye. Now I am convinced!

Thanks, Asio seems to be the best output mode. But still am not able to upsample higher than 44.1 Will look deeper in the forum

You might also check MM-1 from B&W, which have an excellent reputation and an internal DAC. http://www.bowers-wilkins.com

In fact I am using Asio/Asio4All. I had CPlay installed for a couple of months, running 24/192 and just downloaded J River 15 yesterday to try before purchasing. It recognized the Weiss DAC2 automatically through the firewire and started smoothly without any problems. However, as I mentioned the quality of sound is not comparable. This is why I thought I am surely missing some parameters when using J River 15 and asked for help. I am not a computer expert, just somebody who loves music! So I have no pre-concepts on your software, just wish to learn how can I have it running correctly with audiophile quality, even more because I like the way it displays the albums in 3D on my screen! Is there a simple tutorial to install it correctly where I can learn? Thanks

Hi This is my first post in this Forum and I apologize if I am off topic. I have both J River 15 and CPlay installed in my PC music server (a dedicated computer, running Windows7 currently without any modifications to bios or software whatsoever). I have a Weiss DAC2 connected to the computer through firewire. The point is that CPlay sounds much better than J River in all parameters! I am certainly missing something here, to believe in the comments of all the experts! Can somebody help and explain what am I missing? Many thanks in advance -Clearaudio, Revox A700, Primaluna Dialogue Two, Primaluna Prologue Eight, Martin Logan Vantage, Nordost cables.